I believe you are talking about a CALLIGRAM. These were popular calligraphic writings in the 16th century (and earlier). The text formed the shape of the object/subject matter. MICROGRAPHY was also used in script (tiny writing). Hope that is helpful! - Mindy Belloff, Intima Press, NYC Book Arts & Letterpress Printing http://www.StudioOnTheSq.com or http://www.IntimaPress.com Check out our Declaration of Independence Re-creation! --- On Wed, 1/20/10, Kathy Zimon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Kathy Zimon <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [ARLIS-L] term for a type of drawing or graphic image? To: [log in to unmask] Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 7:50 PM I'm hoping that the collective wisdom of arlis colleagues will have an answer to this: I've been trying to find examples of images or drawings where the image, perhaps a face or figure, is made up of multiples of small images like letters, words, or figures, etc. Is there a term or label for such images? Or a more precise description for them? If you can point me to any examples, or names of artists (probably graphic artists in advertising or commercial art?), I would appreciate it. Kathy Zimon __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]